You can play the You Rock Guitar® as a stand-alone electronic guitar by plugging it
into an amplifier or headphones.
The You Rock Guitar® has 25 built-in sampled guitar sounds, each tailor-made to
correspond to different styles of play. In addition, the You Rock Guitar features
50 pianos, organs, flutes, voices, and other synthesizer sounds that can be used
to blend with the guitar sounds or that can be played on their own. Some presets
combine guitar and synthesizer sounds, some are set up with just one or the other.
You can also mix the internal sounds with an external sound source, such as an
MP3 player.
1. Turn on the You Rock Guitar®.
2. Ensure that the music button is lit.
3. Play the You Rock Guitar®! On startup, the most recently used preset will be
brought up by default.
• Pick or strum the strings while you play notes or chords on the fret board.
• Use the Whammy Bar to bend notes up or down.
• Mute sustaining notes by touching the thin metal mute bar at the back
and behind the "bridge." Note that only the bar closest to the high E string
will mute in this way.
• Try moving the multi-mode joystick while you play - it adds vibrato and
other effects, depending on the preset you're playing.
4. To change preset sounds, press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons on the control
panel. The LED display blinks for about 3 seconds while the You Rock Guitar®
loads the preset you have selected.
5. To adjust the volume of the preset, use the Volume knob.
It's easy to modify and save any of the 25 presets (See page 18). You can:
• Choose a guitar sound (25 available) and set its volume.
• Choose a synthesizer sound (50 available) and set its volume.
• Choose a backing track (35 available) and set its volume.
• Record your own track.
• Select a combination of the Rock Guitar's performance modes (You Rock,
Open, Slide, or Tap).
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